From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hans Reiser Subject: Re: a hosed reiserfs Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 00:08:38 -0700 Message-ID: <40EBA176.3030202@namesys.com> References: <3DF9165145FACB4C96977FF650C1E9040C46A168@its-mail1.its.corp.gwl.com> <20040707055420.GI4990@nysv.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <20040707055420.GI4990@nysv.org> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format="flowed" To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Markus_T=F6rnqvist?= Cc: "Burnes, James" , redeeman@metanurb.dk, Reiserfs Mailinglist Markus T=F6rnqvist wrote: >On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 04:40:31PM -0600, Burnes, James wrote: > =20 > >>I would assume there is some money in there. They do seem to fund >>various opensource activities. >> =20 >> > >As in events? Or really active software development? > >Well, Reiser4 has some stuff that's yet todo and some stuff that'd >be nice to have and maybe even a bug or two, so I guess all money >would be welcome... > >If the tail-packing bug would be fixed, or whatever remains, it'd >be great if Namesys wrote the online (profiling) repacker/resizer/fsck(?) >program to generate money.=20 > >This would be even better if cryptcompress work would be done at the same = >time, since that's something people look forward to and something that's=20 >not quite there yet. Cryptcompress might be one reason for people to move >to Reiser4 and thus more buyers for the repacker. > >Since feature-wise I don't see Reiser4 that lacking. Maybe the biggest iss= ue >is of course viewports, but since that's coming by DARPA, there's stuff >like copy-on-capture and chdir to a non-executable file and syscalls. >But nothing mission critical or half-broken. Right? > =20 > We do the core traditional fs stuff, which is far less than being a=20 general purpose namespace. > =20 > >>Maybe filling out an app for grant would be good. Is there an available >>non-profit wrapper around Reiser4? There must be some sort of shell for >>the DARPA funding to have happened. >> =20 >> > >Non-profit wrapper? You mean some non-profit "welfare" organization? >Why can't DARPA fund a company? > =20 > They do.;-) Unfortunately the state department won't let my team into the US, and=20 this particular (SBIR) darpa grant requires the work be done in the US. Also, it starts slowly requiring my personal time heavily, pays not a=20 lot to me, and then, what I just found out, after 5 months of doing the=20 exploratory work, you have a 2/3 chance of not getting funded to do the=20 serious funding phase of the work. I will never apply for an SBIR again I think. I cannot afford to waste=20 5 months of design work and then not get funded, these grants are for=20 students and new professors. Oh, and the EU doesn't care much to fund non-europeans. It all involves so much more than just doing good work and getting=20 paid.... whine whine.;-)